It became the maritime flag of Massachusetts in 1776 and remained so until 1971 ... said the “Appeal to Heaven” banner dates to the Revolutionary War. Six schooners outfitted by George ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...

American-Made Musket This .75 caliber musket was assembled with a barrel bearing London proofmarks, a lock bearing French ...

Ten years before the American Revolution, Charles Pratt ... they “put themselves into a state of war with the people.” Whenever that happens, Locke warned, “it is not to be wondered that ...

Men in service took pride in what their flag meant, whether it symbolized their particular corps or the larger intentions of war. Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other ...

Emma Best wanted to learn more about the Revolutionary War, a topic she hadn’t studied yet in school. In what turned out to ...

It begins with the American Revolution in 1776 and chronicles big and small irregular wars for ... Rather than futilely insisting that Americans should not or cannot fight this kind of irregular war, ...

The 1776-1976 bicentennial quarter holds a special ... this quarter serves as a reminder of the enduring legacy of the American Revolution and the values on which the country was built.

The revolutionary flag was created by cutting the despised communist coat arms arms from the national flag. The media coverage of the event showed the revolution spreading across the country.

Lecturer Colleen Plimpton provided an introduction to her lecture about how plants were used by colonists in early America and during the Revolutionary War as medicines, supplies, food ...

In the engagement, popularly known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, the American patriots were defeated, but the fight demoralized the British at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. A crowd of ...